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I was inspired by these links: https://merveilles.town/@neauoire/114512760016959177 and tried to use a DejaVu Serif fonts (BTW, I'm always like a Computer Modern serif font) in my system and use a smaller color palette or dithering in my wallpaper/blog header image.

- #StumpWm modeline looks like a good old book
- #Emacs modeline with Serif font looks interesting
- and #conky too
- blog's main page reduced from ~130 Kb to 59 Kb, lol  

#retrocomputing #dejavu #serif #simplicity

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Merveilles
May 19, 2025 at 2:13pmWeb
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As I remember from some book or article about computer history — the monospaced fonts like Terminus or Sans Serif fonts were used in computers because our display has a low resolution in these days.

But now, when I'm using 2K screen in my #Thinkpad X220 — why not to use a Serif font? With white color scheme it looks like a book (or a LaTeX generated PDF )

#fonts #serif #simplicity

Show threadIgnore prev or I'll kill uMay 19, 2025
@evgandr Aside from third world, aren't sans preferred for accessibility and readability studies? I can only think of Sitka for serifs in readability studies, else common ones. Also, serif UIs look weird.
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@Reshirams_Rad_Slam If I remembered correctly, the results of these studies are differs — one states that sans serif fonts are good for readability. The other states that serif fonts are better. So looks like this is a matter of taste🤷‍♂️

BTW, I'm trying to recreate a paper look-and-feel on my computer's screen, as much as possible 

Show threadIgnore prev or I'll kill uMay 20, 2025
@evgandr Oh yeah, basically the most readable fonts are the most common ones so it's probably familiarity based. I meant fonts made specifically for readability using readability studies. I don't think paper & pen looks matches with uis though.
Show threadpetes_bread_eqn_xlsMay 19, 2025

@evgandr I have been inspired by the linked post to try and make my #emacs look like a book by Edward Tufte

https://lepisma.xyz/2017/10/28/ricing-org-mode/

Ricing up Org Mode

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@petes_bread_eqn_xls Aww, that a nice link!  I tried to made something like this, but my Emacs freezes after I change OrgMode document title face to Serif font 
Show threadGiacinto BocciaMay 19, 2025
@evgandr
Monospace fonts allow you to create nice vertical alignments that would require tabulations with proportional-spacing fonts, also I kind of like the reduced density. On the other hand, I agree on the use of serifs in many use cases, despite the current trend (proportional-spaced sans-serif fonts).